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Joan Aiken
Verna Aardema (1911�2001) � Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Rafael �balos (born 1956) � Grimpow
Joan Abelove (born 1945) � Go and Come Back
Chris van Abkoude (1880�1960) � Pietje Bell series, Little Crumb
Socorro Acioli (born 1975) � The Ghost Dancer
Richard Adams (1920�2016) � Watership Down
Jean Adamson (born 1928) � Topsy and Tim
C. S. Adler (born 1932) � Magic of the Glits, Ghost Brother
David A. Adler (born 1947) � Cam Jansen series, The Babe and I
Aesop (6th century BC) � Fables
Joan Aiken (1924�2004) � The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Arabel and Mortimer
series, A Necklace of Raindrops
Vivien Alcock (1924�2003) � The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Louisa May Alcott (1832�1888) � Little Women, The Brownie and the Princess
Kwame Alexander � The Crossover
Lloyd Alexander (1924�2007) � The Chronicles of Prydain series, Westmark trilogy
Sue Alexander (1933�2008) � Nadia the Willful
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832�1899) � Ragged Dick
Mabel Esther Allan (1915�1998) � Over the Sea to School, Ballet for Drina, The
Ballet Family
David Almond (born 1951) � Skellig, Heaven Eyes, Kit's Wilderness
Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862�1919) � The Young Trailers series, The Civil War
series
Julia Alvarez (born 1950) � Tia Lola series
Hans Christian Andersen (1805�1875) � "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "The
Ugly Duckling", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Princess and the Pea",
"Thumbelina" and other fairy tales
Sam Angus (born 1967) � Soldier Dog, The House on Hummingbird Island
Charlotte Anley (1796�1893) � Influence: A Moral Tale for Young People (1822)
K. A. Applegate (born 1956) � Animorphs, Remnants, Everworld series
Victor Appleton (Stratemeyer house pseudonym from 1910) � Tom Swift series
Philip Ardagh (born 1961) � Eddie Dickens series, Unlikely Exploits series
Edward Ardizzone (1900�1979) � Tim All Alone, Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (self-
illustrated)
Laura Adams Armer (1874�1963) � Waterless Mountain
William H. Armstrong (1914�1999) � Sounder
Tedd Arnold (born 1949) � No Jumping on the Bed!, Parts
Frank Asch (born 1946) � I Can Blink
Bernard Ashley (born 1935) � The Trouble with Donovan Croft, Dodgem, Little Soldier
M. E. Atkinson (1899�1974) � August Adventure, Smugglers' Gap, Mystery Manor
Margaret Atwood (born 1939) � Up in the Tree, Princess Prunella and the Purple
Peanut
C�cile Aubry (1928�2010) � Belle et S�bastien
Martin Auer (born 1951) � Now, Now, Markus, The Blue Boy
Steve Augarde (born 1950) � The Various, Celandine
Esther Averill (1902�1992) � The Cat Club, The Fire Cat
Gillian Avery (born 1926) � The Warden's Niece, The Elephant War, A Likely Lad
Harold Avery (1869�1943) � The Triple Alliance, Play the Game
Avi (born 1937) � Crispin: The Cross of Lead, The True Confessions of Charlotte
Doyle
Christopher Awdry (born 1940) � The Railway Series #27�40 (Thomas the Tank Engine
stories)
Wilbert Awdry (1911�1997) � The Railway Series #1�26 (Thomas the Tank Engine
stories)